FAO Capture Production of Illex argentinus (t)     n = 31 (See disclaimer below)

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Illex argentinus Argentina	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	27,603	46,313	78,014	195,512	198,833	199,744	294,252	411,719	291,240	343,437
Illex argentinus Australia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	167
Illex argentinus Belize	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,796
Illex argentinus Bulgaria	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	5,524	4,079	5,503	1,062	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Cambodia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Chile	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	3,590	2,415	841	2	302	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus China	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30,000	61,000
Illex argentinus Cuba	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	1,612	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Estonia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Falkland Is.(Malvinas)	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	6	128	0	0	0	351	196	11,023	8,358	10,160
Illex argentinus France	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	106	23	28	0	0	56
Illex argentinus Germany	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	6,819	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Ghana	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Honduras	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	556	1,089	679	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Japan	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	87,400	108,537	98,857	131,707	92,838	75,691	73,896	127,292	76,733	154,086
Illex argentinus Korea, Republic of	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	111,075	177,786	211,284	128,581	79,130	124,005	144,750	208,160	92,397	271,716
Illex argentinus Latvia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Namibia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	63
Illex argentinus Netherlands	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Panama	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Poland	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	25,091	26,087	16,932	6,421	2,390	282	1	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Poland	48 - Atlantic, Antarctic	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Portugal	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	24	132	24	4	170	353	640	712	1,531	0
Illex argentinus Russian ederation	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	54,835	65,773	76,733	47,309	23,557	11,762	20,254	884	0	0
Illex argentinus Saint Vincent/Grenadines	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Sierra Leone	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Spain	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	1,232	1,170	947	776	3,021	3,889	17,091	25,374	23,829	30,694
Illex argentinus Taiwan Province of China	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	88,254	123,787	117,270	123,700	104,480	100,371	101,328	185,775	163,180	264,089
Illex argentinus United Kingdom	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	19	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	336
Illex argentinus Uruguay	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	623	2,065	2,390	3,806	2,022	4,182	5,669	20,857	13,175	13,679
Illex argentinus Vanuatu	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			410,117	559,505	610,369	640,275	507,638	521,634	658,105	991,799	700,443	1,153,279

Note: If marine mammals and crocodiles are included in this list they are not accounted for in the Totals because they are reported in numbers and not in tonnes.

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